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The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09

In a recent circular from Commissioner
Henderson, of Georgia. it is made apparent
that in the partial failures of the peach
crop the particular orchards or trees that
escape the effects of frost are generally
the same i'll each recurrence of such fail
IRE. and it is further stated that peach
orchards having this immunity from froSts
are found here and there throughout the
state. In order to call more general at
tcntion to this question md to learn from
the observations OF persons in all parts of
the state the cause of these partial cX-
emptions, inquiries were made of the cor
respondents of the department. These
swc are of interest wherever the
peach is cultivated, and are here given in
substance:
In the received nearly all agree
in stating that the fruit least injured is on
the high grounds. The direction of the
slope of the hill, while it may affect the
time of blooming, is II factor of little i'm
p%ortancc compared with that of its atti-
tudc above the surrounding country. The
Typographical positions that prove best for
the certainty of the crop are as follows:
L. Mountain sides, from the base to the
altitude of 800 feet, regardless of the di-
rection of slope. 9. Narrow valleys and
coves sheltered by high mountains. 3.
Marrow areas skirting the base of high
mountains III all sides. 4. Ridges or hills
and escapements of table lands 100 to 500
feet above adjacent valleys. s.. Borders
of large streams and lakes. Even i'll south
Georgia, where the country is generally
level, the exemption of the higher portions
of slopes adjacent to river valleys is quite
common, and has its application not only
A., fl,n y,rnr1, nrD. 1t,t 10 oil wifi MD
vegetables subject to injury from late
spring frOStS.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
The Weather in Alriers.

In Algiers there are ten months of hot
weather and two months of what they call
cold weather, but which is practically only
weather rendered cold by rain and by damp
ness. All of the houses are constructed with
reference to keeping the occupants cool.
Connecting the rooms are large folding doors
reaching from the floor to the ceiling. The
interiors are whitewashed and havc Il dado of
tiles four or five high around the walls.
Occasionally the ceilings lave handsome
sculptures, done in relief, but commonly they
show the naked rafters Of what is called
Kharoob wood, or of cedar. Or of pine. Tho
Kharoob wood is darker than our Georgia
pine.
Tho width of the Moorish rooms is seldom
more than twelve feet, varying greatly i'll
length. One curious custom they have is
that of never having their scantlings more
than twelve feet i'll length. Perhaps the
most striking feature of the houses of Algiers,
rising as they do one above another, is the
fiat terrace, which is virtually the roof of tho
structures. From these terraces one obtains
a magnificent view of the city and harbor
and of the distant mountain ranges. Under
the old Turkish regime tho terraces were
reserved for the women, who interchanged
visits by climbing over the parapets that
separate the houses. No male person of
Christian faith was ever allowed to go on his
own roof before sundown.-Bishop Littlcjohn
III Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
LITERARY NOTES..

1t is said that Mrs. Burnett is writing n Sc
qucl to her "Little Lord Fauntlcroy."
Father Lambert, who wrote sNotcs OH
Ingcrsoll," has a new book in press, ''Tactics
of Infidels."
T.. T. Roe, whom some good people pro-
nounce the greatest literary genius of the age,
is working eight hours or more every day in
his home at Santa Barbara, Cal.
Amiel, in writing of Renan, says that with
him '~'science is his material rather than his
object; his object is style. A fine passage is
ten times more precious i'll his eyes than the
discovery of a fact or tho ratification of a
date" This same criticism applies directly
to Mr.. Saltus, who is also n firm believer in
the relatively of knowledge, and never thinks
it necessary to prove any of his statements.
In the April number of The Atlantic
Monthly there will be a paper entitled ga
Suppressed Chapter of History" by Edmund
kirke, MI account of a diplomatic mission
made to Richmond early i'll the war, ut the
suggestion, or at least with the tacit consent,
of President Lincoln. The object of the mis-
sion was to arrange with Jefferson Davis
terms for the purchase of the slaves by tho
Federal government, but Mr.. Davis declined
to entertain tho project. Not long after Mr..
Kirkc wrote out the first part of the nara
tive for publication i'll The Atlantic, and proof
sheets of it were submitted to Mr.. Lincoln,
who expressed Il desire that the article should
not be published. 1t was therefore cancelled,
and until now no account of the affair has
been put In print.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
Dangers in tho Use of Ether.

The false cry that ether annsthesia is ell
tirely free from danger has led to another
grave condition of things observed among
the young men who seek and gain hospital
positions. Nowhere else did the reader of
this paper see an amount of recklessness ex-
hibited i'll the administration of annsthetics
equal to that in the cities where chloroform
is tabooed; especially in cases that take ether
badly. and in whom relaxation is not easily
accomplished, matters are forced in such q
way that must excite the gravest apprehen-
sions for the safety of the patient. Usually
these are the cases of those addicted to the
immoderate consumption Of alcohol, persons
of cnfeebled circulation md impaired respira-
tory organs.
More and more ether is poured on. until
tho cyanosed patient relaxes, his stertorous
breathing indicating that an ever increasing
mass of viscid mucus and saliva is flooding
his trachea and bronchi. The sensitiveness
of the la,nyx and trachea is abolished, and if
vomiting occurs, especially where the mex
perienced anrsthetizer neglects to conduct
the vomited matter out of the mouth, gastric
contents find their way into the bronchi and a
catarrhal or even septic pneumonia follows,
resulting i'll death, which, however, is never
charged to the account of ether.-Dr. Arpad
G. Gcrster i'll Medical Record.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
ouecn yictoria.s Second Son.

AS Prince Bismarck said, the natural
function of Queen Victoria's second son is to
play second fiddle i'll an orchestra. l lave
heard him perform at drawing room concerts,
and thought his playing rather SO SO. If he
is kept at the head of British squadrons they
will come to grief some fine day. I suppose
nobody understands better in detail naval
technicalities than this English prince. But
he has not an intellect to go beyond them,
md he eats and drinks too much to have a
bright, clear and ready mind. l have seen
him devour food in q perfectly hoggish man.
ner at ball suppers, and return again in the
small hours of the morning to devour again
at the Bullets. When he eats he sticks his
nose almost into his plate and is insensible to
everything but the qualification Of his palate
The most beautiful woman in existence
would be powerless to draw his eyes from his
plate until he had gorged himself.-London
Cor. New York Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
for self support

Various methods are employed to pro-
auce this result, such as ringing, girding,
twisting. tonguing or partly dividing that
portion of the stem or branch on which it
is desired the roots shall be formed. All
these distortions of the stems or branches
of the plant layered are for one object
that is, to check the downward flow of
sap. Roots then become necessary for
supplying s%ustenance to the cutting. or
layer, and are consequently formed. The
most common method of preparing layers
is that of making IL tongue on the under
side of the branch. The operation is per-
formed thus: Make an incision in the
branch Or part of the plant to be laycrcd,
just below Il bud, cutting through the
bark and into the branch to the depth of
%one-quartcr to one-half its diameter: then
pass the knife upward for an inch or
more, according to the size and nature of
the plant being layercd, splitting the
branch lcngthwisc, forming the tongue as
shown in figure l, at Il. The branch is
then bent down and fastened in its place
by means of a hooked peg, c, and the end
tied up to a stake. b., as shown in figure /.
That part on which the incision is made is
covered with soil or other material that
will exclude it from light and air, while
at the same time keeping it moist, thus
aiding the development OF roots. In max.
ing layers of certain kinds of small her
baceous plants and slender vines it will
not be necessary to use pegs or stakes to
mold the layer in place; but with larger
plants they are usually needed for keep
ing the layercd branch steady and in one
position while the new roots are being
emitted.
INC proper time for making layers is as
variable as is that for making cuttings.
But, as a rule, layers should be made
while the parent plant is growing most
rapidly, because roots will be produced at
such lines more readily than ut anv other.
although with several kinds it will make
very little difference, as they produce roots
freely under almost all conditions and
from all parts Of the plant. With tho
larger proportion of both dcciduous and
evergreen trees and shrubs, laycrine
should not begin until the leaves have
~fuEyeNpanded and the new growth of tn,
season is fairly under way. If layere(
earlier, many of the deciduous trees ant
shrubs will ''blecd,' as it is termed. from
the wounds made on the layered parts
and the sap flowing from these wound
will often corrode and otherwise injure tn
exposed cells and entirely prevent the prc
duction of roots thcrefrom. Wound
made in the branches of conifcrous tree
during the winter and early spring month
are usually soon covered by the eXudin
resin, the severed and otherwise expose
cells thereby becoming fully protected, NJ
only against the influence of moistul
from without, but it !efectually prevent
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
A Iaurhable Incident.

In the GROVE at the presidents reception
the other day was a small man with a blonde
beard and a polka dot necktic. While wait
ing for the president to come down stairs one
of the buttons of his overcoat became entan-
gled in the black lace trimming of n mantle
worn by q tall, stately lady. When she
moved forward he found himself moving
along with the procession. His frantic en-
deavors to free himself soon attracted the
notice of the president, who could scarcely
keep a straight face us he shook hands with
the lady, who then swept grandly out of the
room, oil unconscious of the little man bob
bling along behind like n tin can fastened to
the tail of a big Newfoundland dog. He ell
deavored to grasp the presidents hand as he
passed, but it was no use-the procession
moved on. Just outside the east room he
finally freed himself and returned and shook
hands with the president.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
Large Fields and Long Rows.

"" 6
Mr.. Bonham, secretary of the Ohio
state board of agriculture, is n practical
farmer and stock breeder, pork making
being IL of his spccialties. To make
pork p%rofitably Mr. Bonllam grows large
quantities of corn to he fed with other
food. His corn fields contain twenty-five
acres ench and are 40 rods Ion. and
about onc-third that width. The corn is
planted in check rows so it ran he cuiti-
waited both ways. To illustrate the diff
ference in cost of cultivating large and
: snail fields Mr.. II. B. Terry, VIII" r~rcc.rls
visited Mr.. Bonham, t. us in The Country
t;pl.tlrmnn that one OF tics" twenty-five
,v"r fields can be cultivated the luD@ ":
il three days, while the cross c|u,tivHt."m
IKE short way takes four and II half day.
IT." New England Farmer, ~coinnmliii:N,
On ,t4e above, says: 'ln 1859 the cost #
t,.r corn in the crib, exclusive of land r,li;.
~;ls $500 per acre. or nine cents Ter
lnuShcl. Including the rent of land Tie
east would be about Sl3 per acre. And
This is the same whether the crop he
large or small. If 100 bushels arc pro-
duccd per acre the cost per bushcl would
consequently be only thirteen cents, while
IL crop of fifty bushels would cost twenty
six cents per bushcl. The average yield
through the country being only twenty.
six bushels the cost must he about fifty
cents per bushcl. Large fields and long
ows will do much to reduce the cost OF
this crop.n
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
ABOUT

The number of women employed as pension
officials i'll England is stated to lie 3lS.
A young girl from the Sandwich Islands
Is studying law Mt the University of Michi-
gan.
Nine. Verne, mother of Jules Verne, the
novelist, is dead, aged 81. She resided at
Nantes.
Miss Bruce, daughter of tho type founder,
has given $4,000 for n free circulating library
in New York.
Tho latest woman in America is Hannah
Batte,sby, who is said to weigh 72S pounds.
She is ~ years of age.
Mrs. Senator Beck, who died recently, was
n grand niece OF George Washington and his
nearest living descendant.
According to Mrs. Mary A. Livermore
there are now2227 occupations open to women,
Us against seven at the beginning of the cen
tury.
Mrs. Frank Leslie is of Huguenot cxtrac-
ton, and was born in tho French quarter of
New Orleans. She is said to speak French,
Spanish, Italian, German and English with
equal fluency.
Mrs. Clcvcland's ears have never been
pierced, so that she does not wear ear
tluSSS " 'locS SuS wear ltIlScE IllHS. l1cT
only ornament is the diamond necklace
which was the presidents wedding gift.
Queen Margaret of Italy is exceptionally
susceptible to cold, and seldom is without a
heavy wrap, even i'll well warmed rooms.
Her own apartments i'll the Quirinal are kept
ut n temperature which is to most people OPP
pressivtly hot.
The richest colored woman i'll this country
is Mrs. Amanda Eubanks of Rome, Ga, who
pays taxes on 100000. She Inherited the
property from her white father. Second i'll
wealth is Mrs. James Thomas of st. Louis,
who is assessed on $500, 900 and owns the Lin
dell hotel barber shop, said to be the finest in
the world.
Mrs. Henry Woods grave is i'll Highgate
cemetery, near those of George Eliot, Parcpa
Rosa, Frederic Maurice, George Vandcnlof,
II. Crabb Robinson, .Alaric A. Watts, Lord
Lyndhurst, and the father, mother and little
daughter of Charles Dickens. Near by, also,
Is the tomb of Womhwell, the famous me-
nagerie Snowman, surmounted by q full sized
lion i'll marble.
Miss Kate Field does not believe i'll Lady
Haherton's "reform dress" She sent over to
London for one of the divided skirts" put it
on and went out for a walk. 1t began to
rain. She tried to hold the garment up out
of the mud, but couldn't. 1t was worse than
the ordinary dress, When She got home it
was terribly b%edraggled, and slo sold it next
day to n second hand dealer.
Miss Brooks, who is engaged to Mr.. Ed
mund NJ. Wlcclwright, is entirely deaf and
dumb, andis Il beautiful looking girl, of noble
stature and superb figure. She went abroad
several years ago, and while there learned to
interpret conversation and to make herself
understood so perfectly that it is n very easy
matter to talk with her. She is immensely
bright, amiable and very popular with all
her friends.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
ENEMIES OF THE PLANT LICE.

On the SNOWFALL, where the leaves roll
up and protect the lice. it is found that
an application of this mixture, in the PRO
portion of one to eight, used just before
the plant lice eggs hatch, is nstonislingly
efficient. This early treatment is abso-
lutely necessary in such cases as the SNOW
ball, and is to be recommended on the
score of economy in case Of nursery stock
and fruit trees. AT an early stage it is
less difficult to make thorough application
than after the tree Or plant is i'll full
foliage.
The liquid must be applied with energy;
n gentle s%prinkling is not sufficient; it
ought to he put on with a good force
pump that will scatter the liquid every
where
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09

the formation of n callus and production
of roots. For this reason, such c%onifcrs us
pines, spruce, and frs should always be
laycred at Il time when the sap is thinnest
and flowing most rapidly, as during the
first growth of spring and early summer.
With some kinds of hardy deciduous trees
and shrubs the autumn is the better sea-
son in which to make LAYERS.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOW AND WHEN TO PROPAGATE
PLANTS BY LAYERS.

~ W 00sS
Cu1ture-An About Plant Lice, with
Directions for Their determination by
Ii Entomologist, Professor Cook.
Perhaps no family of insects is more
widely distributed or more generally de-
structive and better known than plant
lice. These pests do not content thcm-
selves with any single part of a plant.
Some work on the roots md sap the vital
ity of the herb or tree; others draw their
nourishmcnt from the stems and twigs
and thus blight the plants; still others
suck the vitality from bud and foliage. \
few work on both roots and leaves. Most
cultivated vegetables, grains and trees
have their characteristic plant louise enc
mics.
The first cut represents winged and
wingless lice of natural size, also mag
nified.
Plant lice on outside vegetation pass
the winter as little, dark, ohlons eggs,
usually fastened to the buds. With tho
warm days of spring these eggs hatch,
and so rapidly do the lice increase that
soon they are counted by millions. AnotE-
cr characteristic feature of plant lice is
their sudden disappearance. This wei
come radiance is due, Professor y. j.
Cook, entomologist of the Michigan .Agri-
cultural college, states, to insect enemies
of the plant lice.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
Too Bad. ENTIRELY.

TOO lad, Entirely.
No, l never can forget her.
Though perhaps it would hr better,
For she gave mo once u keepsake,
Though tbs neither rich nor rare.
Az. distinctly l remember.
1t was in the gay September:
1t was when sold the tickets
Sold the tickets at the fair
That she heamrd upon my vision
With II charming smile olysian-
Ialmost forgot her ticket
AS she stood before me there.
Then passed her ont the billet,
But l never noticed till it
Was too late to call her back
1t makes me sad
That this fair and lovely daughter
"Sllovrl" II perforated quarter,
And ] fear I'll never pass it,
TITS so bad!
It'd Bits.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
Learning Patienc'

Learning Patience.
"Ncll, are you bracing up for the scason?'
eyes, In trying to get i'll shape. l think
I'll he in good trim by the time the season
opens"
"What are you doing for yourself":
"lyhy, whenever n particularly %disreputable
looking tramp comes along | make him so
mad that he hangs round and abuses nc for
M hour or so at n stretch"
"Oh-ah-ycs, l sec. Going to umpire this
season. / thought you intended to play i'll
the field .'-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
ycrbum Sat SapicntI.

ycrbum Sat Sapicnti.
"George." she muimlrel the other night,
rs she swallowed n yawn, and drew back tho
moisture into the depths of her sapphire eyes;
George, do YOU know why you remind Inc of
the trees"
mo. Ethel, dearest. Why!"
"Fecauss | feel sure you will not leave till
spring."-Charleston Enterprise.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
Dchorninr Cattle.

AS to dehorning cattle many opinions
are given. Some few breeders think the
practice will injure the prepotcncy of
dairy bulls. Others think dairy cows are
so mild and gentle that they will do no
injury with their horns. Others cannot
bring themselves to think that Il hornlcss
Jersey will look like a Jersey. The ma
.iority of breeders seem to agree that the
horn is nothing but a weapon, of no use
to an animal placed out of the reach of
fighting, as all dairy COWS should be.
They would be ready to dehorn their cat
tie if it could be SO arranged that all
breeders would do it. Thu best time to
destroy the horn, says Rural New Yorker,
is while the animal is Il calf. The opera
ton is then no more painful than that of
castration. Five years ago breeders would
not think of such n thing as saving the
horns off their cows; now they are quite
ready to admit that the horns are useless
and could be readily and easily disposed
of. The question is, where will the horns
be in five years more at this rate of pro-
greSSiOn?
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09

There are three counties i'll Iowa where
women have been elected and arc to-day dis
charging the duties of county recorder.
These counties arc Madison, Warren and
Cerro Gordo. There are 40 ten counties
which have elected women US county school
superintendent.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
Pronngatins by LnYers.

A layer, says Mr.. A. S. Faller in Amer
lean Agriculturist, is only a cutting that
is allowed to remain attached to the pa
rent plant until it has produced roots
through which it may collect sustenance
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09

Spring.
Como, Phyllis, tho reign of the winter is past,
Ills time for tho earth to waken:
The sheep are all frozen in springs carly blast
Aud the shepherd with aSue is shaken.
The ice ON the river is eight inches thick
But tn" reign of the winter is over.
Go into the b%arnyard and nose round the rick
For the ulor OF last summers clover.
Though the ground hog and crocus creep into
their holes,
It's spring, and the almanac shows it.
Though II polar wave over the universe rolls.
It's spring, and we don't care who knows it.
Robert ]. Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
To Break a Horse from Turning Around

To Break a Horse from Turning Around.
Some horses have a habit, when fright
ened by strange objects which they meet
upon the road, of turning around so alb
ruptly as to cndanger the occupants of
the carriage if u four wheeled vehicle.
Colts, when first harncssed, if driven to
q certain point and turned around. often
insist upon repeating the trick every time
they reach that particular spot. They
generally turn in the same direction every
time. The simplest remedy that we have
ever heard for breaking up this habit is to
take II light, strong bamboo fishpole, fas-
ten the small end to the ring of the bit
upon the side toward which the animal is
accustomed to turn. Bring the other end
of the pole back into the carriage. When
the youngster attempts the turning feat,
push upon the pole with sufficient force
to prevent his carrying out his purpose.
This may not work in all cases where the
animal is fully grown, and has been ad-
dicted to the habit for Il long time, but it
will break up the lsahit i'll the majority of
cases when taken in standardization
CultivatOr.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
Fashions in Medicine.

Fashions In Medicine.
"Isn't it strange how all the fashions orig
inatc i'll Paris!' said young Mis-. Tucker to
her husband.
"Ycs, very strange" was the disinterested
reply of her spouse, who was interested in
the newspaper.
at has even got as far as medicine now
hasn't it!"
Gas far rs medicinel What Oh earth ore
you talking about"
II guess know what 1 am talking about,
and if you never heard of plaster of Paris,
Pm really ashamed of you. There now."-
Merchant Traveller.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09
GuM'% SAceN aignts is Il

thousands suffering from Asthma, Con-
sumption. Coughs. etc. Did you ever try
Acker's English Remedy 1t is the best
preparation known for all Lung Troubles,
sold on q positive guarantee at 10c.. soc.
FOWLER 4 LANGDON.
The Dickinson press., 1887-07-09

We vGAsoN Y D]Gysa A Si;s;z
is warranted, is because it is the best
Blood Preparation known. 1t will posi-.
lively cure all Blood Diseases, purifes the
whole system, and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember, we guarantee it.
FOWLER & LANGDON.